Thanks to everyone who gave me advise on my PS upgrade. I decided on CS 3 mainly for the color management abilities that it has, as well as other things. Now I have some learning to do! I plan to take an online class through my local community college, but it doesn't start until later in June. In the mean time, I'm looking for some good online tutorials. Juza has some good ones on his site, as I'm sure others do. Can you recommend some good online tutorials or classes that will get me started? I'm specifically interested in learning curves, color management, and layers. And after shelling out more $ than I wanted to, I prefer free ones!! Thanks for your help!
Congrats Alice. Don't be surprised if you have some bugs with CS3. It does seem somewhat buggy. "Photoshop Artistry" is excellent, and Tim Grey has a new book out that is written specfically for CS3 that's excellent as well. Also, try out The Radiant Vista web site. They have several nice free tutorials on CS3.
Posted by Richard Wong on May 21, 2007 at 12:40 PM
Believe it or not, if you look thru enough issues of Outdoor photographer you would probably find enough info to get the most out of your images. I had the 5.5 PS Artistry book was okay for image manipulations, but too technical to really be memorable for me.
Alice, which ever tutorials you get, the key is to not let them overwhelm you. My technique has been to look them over and decide on something that looks interesting and then to study that and play with that for a while till I understand it have have it down pat.
Taken as a whole, CS3 is sort of like trying to climb Everest even before you know how to use an ice axe. Taken little bit by little bit, it's much easier and manageable.
I'll throw in another vote for "Photoshop Artistry". Also, if you don't want to buy your own copy, your local library may have some Photoshop books you can borrow. For the basics, even a CS/CS2 or older book will do just as well.
I'm in the middle of a ps course. Color Correction, etc. Our book is: Photoshop Color Correction, M. Kieran (Peachpit Press). It has a couple of good chapters on Color: All the terms and the history. Our overview video is: Adobe Photoshop CS from Thomson Course Technology. The video is an excellent overview by a CC teacher, Cynthia Greening. There are a couple of tutorials at the Adobe Website that I found very helpful. Especially on Layers. I've been trying to find tutorials for the last few days. Adobe was the best. Using a MAC is awkward because lots of the tuts are geared to pc.
Tim Stenning, Forks, WA
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7 repliesGood luck.
Taken as a whole, CS3 is sort of like trying to climb Everest even before you know how to use an ice axe. Taken little bit by little bit, it's much easier and manageable.
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Tim Stenning, Forks, WA